Method of making dish-mats.



E. R. BARTHOLOMEW. METHOD OF MAKING DISH MATS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1913.

q/vi Weooeo ceeding ELLA R. BARTHOLOMEW, 0F SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

METHOD OF MAKING DISH-MATS.

To all 11,-710177, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA R. BARTI-IOLO- Mnw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Dish-Mats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the method of weaving dish mats and preferably mats that are adapted for use with hot dishes on hard wood tables and analogous uses.

One purpose of the invention is to simplify the method of weaving dish mats by continuously weaving the mat by .simply turning the mat frame and a main feature of the invention is that the strands of thread are interwoven in such manner as to present a better and more simplifying all the operations of weaving and of tying the strands after the mat is woven. By this improved method the series of bands are spaced apart in a better way than heretofore known.

In a general way the method consists in winding an endless strand of thread completely around an open frame until a series of strands have been wound thereon forming a band of threads and then in order to pass to the next winding operation the strand of thread is wound around one end piece thereby carrying the thread to a point where the next band of strands of thread is to be wound and then continuing the operation until a succeeding band of the requisite number of threads is wound completely around the frame and repeating the operation until a complete series of bands of thread have been wound on the open frame; the frame is then merely turned, while maintained in the same horizontal plane and the thread is then passed to the other end piece in order to carry the thread to a point where the cross band of thread is to be formed and the second winding operation is one where the strands of thread are increased, preferably double over the first winding operation, so that the second series of bands comprise twice the number of strands of the first series and in the second winding operation the thread in passing from one band to a sucband is looped over one of the end pieces, thereby insuring, a better spacing apart of the bands of strands of thread; the third and final winding operation is by Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1913.

satisfactory mat, while Patented Nov. 11, 1913. Serial No. 743,608.

turning the frame again, while maintained in substantially the same place and then the third winding is crosswise of the second winding and in line. with the first winding operation, the third windin thereby formmg the top and bottom bands of strands of thread of the mat. Thereafter the mat is completed by tying the strands of thread together and then cutting the outermostedges of the bands in order to remove the mat from the frame.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is a plan view of the open frame, showing bands of strands of thread partly woven around the frame. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 00-00 of Fig.8. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the thread completely woven on the frame, part of the threads tied together. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the frame mat with some parts broken away.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, the open frame is formed preferably of rectangular shape, though the method may be used with frames of different shapes, and comprises cross pieces, preferably of wood, which are notched at their edges in regular shape, substantially of semi-circular form and the notches are spaced evenly apart. The notches can be preferably formed by a gang drill boring semi-circular notched openings; for it is desirable that they be spaced evenly apart and of uniform conformation. It will be noted that in Figs. 1 and 3, the corners of the open frame are marked with the numerals 1, 2 and 3, Which indicate. the sequence of the winding operations. The first Winding operation is illustrated by holding the frame at the point marked 1 and then winding the first strand of thread, preferably cotton, around the frame and within the notches a and b, it being best, of course, to tie one end of the thread to one of the frame pieces. In the mat illustrated herein,-the first winding consists of bands of seven threads each and comprises the winding of a thread seven times around an outer edge of the frame, but for the purpose of clearness of the figure there are shown only four strands. After one, continuous band, having seven strands of thread above the frame and seven strands below, has-been -"ntinuousl wound aroundthe frame the thread is t en passed to the next succeeding notch by winding the thread once around the frame piece d, and then the the open frame as indicated in Fig. 3. The 7 frame is then turned so that it may be held by grasping the corner marked 2 in one hand and the strand of thread is passed to the cross-piece f and then the bands of strands of thread cross the first series of bands and are wound completely around the.

frame as indicated by turning the drawing until the corner marked 2 becomes the upper left hand corner of the frame, but in order to illustrate clearly the method, the complete series of bands are not shown in Fig. 1 nor the complete number of strands, preferably Wound, in any of the figures and in this second winding operation the strand of thread is wound fourteen times around the outer edge of the frame, thereby producing an endless band of fourteen strands of thread above the frame and below the frame and these series of bands of thread produced by the second winding operation completely encircle the bands of thread produced by the first winding operation. After the first band of strands of thread is wound by the second winding operation the thread passes to the next succeeding notch, but instead of merely winding the thread around the endpiece in order to pass it to the next succeeding notch it is preferably looped so as to insure the desirable spacing apart of the respective bands of strands of thread and it is apparent that in my improved method of winding one can use a ball of thread and simply Wind from the ball of thread to produce the complete mat. This second winding operation forms around the open frame fourteen bands of thread and the last band is within the notch next to the corner marked 3, though in Fig, 1 there is only illustrated four bands and the thread is shown passing back to the corner 2, but in actual practice of forming the fifteen bands of strands of thread by this second winding operation, the thread then passes over the corner 3 and the frame is turned until the corner 3 becomes the left hand corner of the figure and the frame being held by the operator with the left hand at corner 3, assuming the operator is right-handed, the final winding operation will be by winding a third series of bands of strands of thread across the second series of bands of strands of thread and in line with the first series so that the last mentioned bands of strands of thread will completely encircle the first and second bands of thread. Thereby we have a mat having the first series of bands of threads substantially at the center of the mat and this series inclosed by a cross series of bands of thread thereby forming the next layer of threads and then a third layer, which are the outermost bands of thread formed by the third and final winding operation.

Having wound the continuous strand of thread to form a complete mat with the bands interwoven inthe manner heretofore explained, the various bands of thread are properly separated to form open spaces and the tying of colored thread along diagonal lines as indicated in Fig. 3. In other words, the operator may tie with colored thread the superimposed bands of thread nearest the corner marked 1 and then continuing tying these superimposed bands along the diagonal line extending from the corner marked 1 to the corner marked 3 and then passing the thread to the square in the direction of the corner marked 2 and from that band continuously tying along the diagonal line toward the corner marked 1 and then backagain, each time continuing toward the corner 2, but along diagonal lines from 1 to 3 and by continuing this operation the thread will finally be brought to the corner 2 and the last superimposed band securely tied together. The thread is then cut and the tying continued by starting preferably near the corner 1 and cont-inning in diagonal lines toward the corner 3, but each time passing from one diagonal line to another in the direction opposite from the corner 2 until the complete mat has been covered. In other words, the tying operation is preferably done by two operations, first tying the triangular part of the band formed in the part included by the lines 1, 2 and 3 andthen forming the second tying operation by tying the triangular part of the remaining untied triangular part.

The result of this method of forming a dish mat is that the strands of thread are interwoven in an improved manner by one continuous winding operation and then the strands of thread are tied together in a way that looking through the mat from the top portion of the mat toward the bottom, the colored tying threads pass continuously across the mat giving an interlaced effect that adds very much to the appearance of the mat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The method of weaving hot dish mats by winding a plurality of strands of thread forming a band of threads around an open frame, the thread passing from the top of the frame and over the edges and around the bottom thereof and thereafter forming a similar band of threads in a similar Way adjacent to the first strand, but spaced apart therefrom, continuously winding around said and repeating the first operation, thereby forming the last mentioned series of bands of threads by a final winding operation, then uniting the strands at the point of intersection thereof and severing said Strands at the edges of the frame, substantially as specified.

2. The method of weaving dish mats by winding continuously a plurality of strands of thread around an open frame to form a series of bands, the bands extending over the edges of the frame and being spaced apart, a strand of thread passing around one of the frame pieces in going from .one band to a succeeding band and thereafter winding a second series of bands of thread also around the open frame, the bands extending over the edges of the frame and encircling the first bands of thread and thereafter Winding a 1n the preceding operation, whereby the sec- 0nd series of bands of thread will lie be; tween the first and last series, then uniting the strands at the point of intersection thereof and severing said strands at the edges of the frame, substantially as specified.

3. The method ofweaving mats by winding continuously a strandof thread around an open frame and within substantially semi- I circular shaped notches formed at the extreme edges of the frame toform a series of thread around the bands, corresponding with the number of notches, the bands extending over the edges of the frame and being spaced apart by the notches spaced evenly apart in the edges'of the frame and thereafter winding a second series of bands of thread also around the open frame and within the notches formed on another edge of the frame, the second bands encircling the first bands of thread and thereafter repeating the winding operation to form a third series of bands of thread thereby encircling the first and second series, then uniting the strands at the point of intersection thereof and severing said strands at the edges of the frame, substantially as specified. 4. The method of weaving mats'by employing an endless thread and first win a series of loops, the strands of the loops being superimposed one above the other and leaving an open 'space between every pair of loops, and thereafter forming another-series of loops from said endless band, said second series extending transversely to the first se rice and likewise formed with one strand of each loop superimposed upon the other strand of the same loop andlikewise leaving .openspaces between each pair of loops,-and

thereafter uniting the superimposed strands at the point of intersection thereof and finally severing said strands at the edges of the respective loops for the purpose specified. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of January 1913.

ELLA R. BARTHOLOMEW. Witnesses: I

CHAS. I. WELo Esrrmn E. PFEIFER. 

